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A twining vine, also known as a bine, is one that climbs by its shoots growing in a helix, in contrast to vines that climb using tendrils or suckers. Many bines have ...
Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides), [1] also known as fringed twinevine, twining milkweed or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the family Apocynaceae that grows twining through other plants in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert. [1] It has milky sap and smells pungent. [1] It is similar to Funastrum ...
Cultivated vine trained on a trellis. The fast-growing, climbing, twining vine (bine) is very hardy (hence the name hardy kiwi), and is capable of surviving slow temperature drops to −34 °C (−30 °F), although young shoots can be vulnerable to frost in the spring. [12]
A plant growing more or less erect by leaning on or twining around another structure for support, or by clinging with tendrils. climbing See climber. cline. adj. clinal. A continuous morphological variation in form within a species or sometimes between two species. clone
It is a twining vine that grows to heights of 60–200 cm (2.0–6.6 ft). The roots of the pale swallowwort are thick. The rootstalk makes a rhizome shape with its roots. Stems are found intertwined in dense patches of plants. [6] They will grow onto other plants when they are alone in order to have structural support. [6]
Gelsemium sempervirens is a twining vine in the family Gelsemiaceae, native to subtropical and tropical America: Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo), [4] and southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas to Virginia). [5]
Gelsemium rankinii, the Rankin's trumpetflower [1] or swamp jessamine, is a twining vine in the family Gelsemiaceae, native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to the Carolinas. [2] [3] [4] Gelsemium rankinii is a vine that will climb over other vegetation to a height of 6 meters (20 feet) or more. It has glossy green leaves and ...
Cynanchum laeve is a twining vine with heart-shaped leaves and commonly found in roadsides, fence rows, fields, and disturbed areas. C. laeve is easily recognized as a member of the Apocynaceae by its opposite leaves, [10] milky sap, and distinctive flowers and follicles ("milkweed pods"). The seeds are wind dispersed and can travel long ...